Land Use and Spatial Planning

Enabling Sustainable Management of Land Resources
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-71860-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 116 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 297 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences

This bookreconciles competing and sometimes contradictory forms of land use, while also promoting sustainable land use options. It highlights land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that strengthen land governance. Further, it demonstrates how to use these types of land-use planning to improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and to develop land use options that strike a balance between conservation and development objectives.

Competition for land is increasing as demand for multiple land uses and ecosystem services rises. Food security issues, renewable energy and emerging carbon markets are creating pressures for the conversion of agricultural land to other uses such as reforestation and biofuels. At the same time, there is a growing demand for land in connection with urbanization and recreation, mining, food production, and biodiversity conservation. Managing the increasing competition between these services, and balancing different stakeholders’ interests, requires efficient allocation of land resources.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Metternicht, Graciela

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Planning: definitions and evolution in the context of SLM.- 3. Principles of best practice in land use planning for SLM.- 4. Contributions of land use planning to sustainable land use and management.- 5. Concluding remarks.- 6. References.

Über Autor(innen)

Graciela Metternicht is a Professor at the Institute of Environmental Studies, UNSW Australia. Her main research interests are in the fields of environmental management and geospatial technologies.